Texas Tribune: "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been indicted by a Collin County grand jury... Kent Schaffer, one of two special prosecutors who took the Paxton case to the grand jury, told The New York Times that the indictments include three felony counts -- two alleging first-degree securities fraud and another alleging a third-degree charge that he failed to register as a securities agent." Is this legitimate or more "law-fare"? [Y-not]

Thanks for the picture, @ComradeArthur. BTW, how could it ever work? [rdbrewer]

Republican Governor of MD Outraged that FEMA Has Denied Disaster Relief Funds for Baltimore's RiotsOne drawback of Republican Governors: They are still governors, and hence, still highly incentivized to suck in as much out-state money for their states. They depart from ideology here, almost always, due to the impossible-to-pass-up popular sentiment bonus for claiming that Other People should send us Their Money... it's just never really an unpopular thing to say. You can almost always find a majority to say Other People should send us Their Money.

Intelligence Fears Hundreds Of U.S. Secrets Leaked In Hillary’s Private Emails"A U.S. official directly familiar with the the case, who spoke to the Washington Times only on the condition of anonymity, said the notification of possibly hundreds of additional emails with classified secrets came from the State Department Freedom of Information Act office to the Office of Inspector General for the Director of National Intelligence." [rdbrewer]

My wisdom for today: When out of office, Joe Biden should do whiskey commercials. He'd be perfect. Now, I know you have today's news in mind, so not like this (NSFW). Like this. Big smile. Dark room. Fireplace light shining through the iced booze. YES, wizards think about things like that.